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Jonathan Jacobs and his team of editors is currently hard working on the second volume of the Open Game Table. When Vol. 1 came out each and every contributor was provided with a...
May 25, 2010
RPG
WFRP: Their Fated Travels …
I was recently contacted by Robert James Freemantle, who turned the exploits of his Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay group into a story that you can now listen to on YouTube. I’ve embedded the first...
May 24, 2010
Freebie: Bill Coffin’s Septimus
The only game ever released by WEG under the Open D6 brand was Bill Coffin’s Septimus. Now that Bill got the full rights to this game back by Eric Gibson, WEG’s owner, he...
May 22, 2010
Ask the Readers: Keeping up with super current events!
Yesterday’s post about supers and my very personal ideas an advice on the genre have generated some very interesting comments, and got me thinking about other topics. My, Ask the Readers poll is...
May 21, 2010
Ask the Readers: What flavor of superhero do you prefer?
I still have supers on my mind! All the comments and discussion on my previous post left me wondering, what character would you rather play in a supers game? And thus this poll...
May 21, 2010
HERO System / Humor / Just my two cents / Mutants & Masterminds / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG
I’ve got supers on my mind…
In my years as a Game Master I’ve run a lot of campaigns, fantasy, sci-fi, modern, space opera, but no genre has proven as difficult as the superhero game. Sometimes I muse about...
May 20, 2010
Hey Wizards of the Coast! Where Are My Apps?
This is a questions that has been bugging me for almost a year now. Why have Wizards of the coast not made any Dungeons & Dragons apps for the iPhone? The way I...
May 19, 2010
Pixelated wizard fight fire breathing dragon!
Well today has certainly been a day for nostalgia! I loved console games in the late 80s early 90s and some of them were of great influence in our gaming. A friend ran...
May 18, 2010
Interview: Shane Hensley and Matthew Cutter
Another week, another interview – this time I had the opportunity to ask a couple of questions to Shane Hensley and Matthew Cutter from Pinnacle Entertainment Group. Stargazer: Thanks again for taking your...
May 17, 2010
Campaign Inspiration
Growing up I was never interested in fantasy books. I could not stand them. To this day I still find them difficult to read. In my minds eye I know what a dragon...
May 14, 2010
Old dog, meet new trick!
Hello all… I’ve been silent for a couple of days since I spent it from Spectrum Canine Dog Training, actually more than a couple; thirteen days to be exact. Sorry for my silence,...
May 13, 2010
Interview: Bill Coffin
Recently there was much talk about West End Games on this side of the internet and one name that cropped up regularly was Bill Coffin. Bill Coffin is a RPG industry veteran and...
May 13, 2010
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Unboxing
The day before yesterday I finally gave in and ordered the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game by Fantasy Flight Games. This time I decided to try something new: an unboxing video! Enjoy!
May 12, 2010
When Players Are Missing In Action
There are just a couple of mottos I try to stick to when playing a roll playing game. When I am DMing, one of those mottos is: “Treat your players how you would...
May 12, 2010
Chessex Battlemat Review
One of the most important things as a Dungeon Master that you can have at your Dungeons and Dragons game is a battlemat. It’s one of the items I struggled with for the...
May 11, 2010
Check out Signs & Portents #80
I have to admit that I haven’t read Signs & Portents before, although I’ve heard it’s quite a good magazine, especially if you are into the games made by Mongoose Publishing. But issue...
May 10, 2010
Ask The Readers: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition anyone?
When the first details about the 3rd edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay were leaked to the internet I wasn’t that happy. Action and ability cards? Custom dice? Dice pool system? This was not...
May 10, 2010
Blue Hex: My Free Games Site
Recently, inspired in a raven-see-raven-do fashion by Stargazer’s creation of Stargazer Games, I decided to throw together a simple site for my own modest creations. Blue Hex is where I will be posting...
May 7, 2010
Reading Recommendation: Satanic Panic by Allen Varney
Today I finally had the time to read Allen Varney’s excellent article “Days of High Adventure: Satanic Panic” that was published at The Escapist just a few days ago. It’s an in-depth look...
May 6, 2010